Mayamba Mwanza

I have always been passionate and curious about the natural world and drawing gives me the opportunity to capture this spontaneously and precisely. I prefer pen and ink due to the discipline it instils, its permanence, spontaneity and its ability to produce fine lines. Each line is influenced by the one next to it and the entire drawing draws itself from the lines. I have tried to use line as a canvas so that the different shapes could articulate themselves through it. The subjects are from life classes and my garden.

I think that everything that I see is the same bar the diffe...

I have always been passionate and curious about the natural world and drawing gives me the opportunity to capture this spontaneously and precisely. I prefer pen and ink due to the discipline it instils, its permanence, spontaneity and its ability to produce fine lines. Each line is influenced by the one next to it and the entire drawing draws itself from the lines. I have tried to use line as a canvas so that the different shapes could articulate themselves through it. The subjects are from life classes and my garden.

I think that everything that I see is the same bar the different shapes, textures and colours and my own interpretation based on experience. I have therefore tried to keep the least amount of distinguishing features to be able to recognise the subjects depicted.

The drawings titles all start with the mmwnz prefix with a suffix that indicate the subject matter, all have sequence numbers. The sequence number indicates the order of each drawing, only the first drawing in each subject matter has a description, the rest of the drawings rely on that first one, its description and their own presence to guide the viewer. This means that each of the drawings on a subject matter cannot exist on its own and cannot be seen on its own because the mere fact of having a number makes me associate it with another one. Just as each line on the drawing relies on another, each drawing relies on the first one to articulate itself using the minimum means.

All present and future work will always be in progress as far as the eye can see. I hope you enjoy.